The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:04 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.55° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.02° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.